But musicians trained in Western classical music, by and large, do not want to hear a suggestion like this.
The academy has trained several musicians and revived old instruments.
"At a certain point, trained, accomplished musicians" - which is to say, not him - hit the wall.
He trained young Malagasy musicians in jazz and other modern music.
But the root of the problem may be in the conservatories and university music departments that train young musicians.
In addition to writing music for this new generation of salsa artists, he is also training tomorrow's pianists and musicians.
The purpose is to train first-rate musicians, and all the necessary resources are made available to students and teachers with this end in mind.
In the late 90's the 'new' junior band was formed to train musicians for the senior band.
Lang said that his mission is to share classical music around the world, and to train children and young musicians through education.
He and his band members were formally trained African American musicians, who did not grow up with the blues.